~*Flames Circle Of Light*~

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            As you all know, I am a Native American. I have had many pepole, who have expressed their intrest in our culture. Many wanting to know a little about spiritual ceramony. So here is one of our most sacred of ceramonys. The Medicine wheel. In a Shamanic sense. It is a means to healing, knowledge, & power. It is a way of gaining access to the essence of exsistence. The Native know, there is a divine aspect to every living thing.                                                                                                                                                                        First you will need to create a circle. This can be done in many way's. The best is if you use something from the earth, like rock's or a hoop made of a tree branch.Tell the stone or branch why you need them. Thank them for their sacrifice. You may even say thank you with a gift.                                                                                   Then place the circle on the ground and step in the middle. As your standing in the sacred center of the wheel. Rember the story of the great-granparents who made the sun and the earth.The beings who go on for all time.Unlike plants, animals or pepole. Who all live & die. visualize these two great beings & their sacred marriage in the center of all things, and know that this sacred marriage goes on for all time, renewing the world at each instant.Each compass direction is associated with a color. North color is white, its element is air & it's associated with human beings & thoughts. East color is yellow, its element is fire, & it's associated with plant pepole & spirt. South is red or green, it's element is earth & it's associated with animal pepole & actions. West color is black, it's element is water, & it's associated with stone pepole & feelings. Now you can use the wheel to reflect thing's about your life. Start in the south and move clockwise. this is were you find what your feeling's are. In the north find the facts. In the west find the solution. In the east take action. May the Great Spirit Bless you & may the Brightest star allway's light your path...............